Signed by the leaders of the National Education Union (NEU), Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and Voice, the letter slams the 2.75 per cent pay rise this September as “inadequate”.
It says that the pay rise is below the current rate of RPI inflation and so will see the value of teachers’ pay decline. It is also below the rate of pay increases in the wider economy, the unions add.
And with schools expected to fund the first two per cent of the increase, the letter warns that this will “undoubtedly result in job losses” as schools struggle to balance the books.
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